High School Sports

Girls’ flag football entered a new era on the high school level last week when Saint Francis High squared off with Watsonville High in the teams’ season and program debut. Under cool gray skies, the Sharks charged onto Strawberry FIeld at St. Francis to take...

The Watsonville High boys’ soccer team clinched at least a share of the Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division title following a 0-0 draw against Gonzales on Thursday night.  Senior forward Diego Guillen and junior defender Damian Moreno each came the closest to breaking the...

CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story stated that it had been nearly 40 years since the Aptos High boys' soccer team last won a Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title, which is incorrect. Aptos last won an SCCAL title during the 2013-14 soccer...

Watsonville High announced Thursday that Manny Contreras was named the new football head coach for the upcoming 2024 season. “I always had dreams of becoming a teacher and always had dreams of becoming a head coach of a program,” he said. “Things started falling and...

Watsonville senior forward Diego Guillen notched five goals in the Wildcatz's 7-2 thumping win over King City in Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division boys soccer action Friday evening. Justin Alfaro and Damian Amador each added one goal for the ‘Catz, who remain unbeaten at...

WATSONVILLE—There was a time when winning a Central Coast Section championship was just a fairy tale story for softball programs in Santa Cruz County. Watsonville High softball coach Scott Wilson broke the wicked curse of heartbreaking losses by delivering the county’s first-ever section title in...

Aptos High junior guard Laurel Southall earned All-Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League First Team honors following a strong performance on the court this season. The coaches within the league recognized Southall for helping the Mariners girls’ basketball team to an 8-18 overall record this...

SAN JOSE—At the start of the season, Pajaro Valley High senior Ignacio Aguado called out a pair of schools and challenged them if they ever got the chance to meet in the Central Coast Section boys soccer playoffs. His wish came true once he found...

https://soundcloud.com/cover3sports/season-2-episode-9-win-or-go-home In this week’s episode, sports editors Emanuel Lee and Juan Reyes will get you guys caught up with a recap of the football season and an update of their latest power rankings. Then, they'll bring on John Devine to see what’s happening in Monterey County...

After spending just one year at the helm, Becky Clark was dismissed from her role as Watsonville High’s athletic director effective at the conclusion of the 2024-25 school year. Clark told The Pajaronian on Tuesday that she received a letter from Pajaro Valley Unified School...